4Q A VISIT TO THE INDIAN AKCKIPELAUO. 



On Monday 4tli -we weighetl at daylight, and with fair 

 wind, smooth water, and fine weather, coasted along in the 

 direction of Pulo Tiga, the scenery inciccusing in heauty aa 

 we got to the northward. Running hetween Pnlo Tiga and 

 Tanjong Kalias, wo shaped a course E. by S. for the entrance 

 to the KimaniB rirer, up whicli tlierc was a fine old Orang 

 Kaya (Cliief Man), Isteer by iiame, a friend of our Eajah. 



It was dark when we came to, in six fathoms, about 

 three quarters of a mile offshore, and two to the westward 

 of the entrance,— a good liit, considering tlmt we had riui 

 the bst twelve miles without seeing the land ; nor ia 

 there by daylight any remarkable pomt to indicate the 

 position of the river. This was foi-merlj a great haunt of 

 the Lanuns, and other thieves. 



The following morning, 5th December, having obtained 

 the necesisary inlbrmation from some nativo fishing-boats, 

 we sent the second gig up the river, to mform the Oi'ang 

 Eaya of the Rajah's arrival, as well as to soUcit a pilot 

 for the river Mengatal, where we intended to get another 

 for Maludu Bay, Hiv James had been infonnod of piratical 

 combinations and domgs in Labok Bay; and, after calling 

 at Maludu for information, it was his intention to proceed 

 there. 



A cutter followed the pg, filled with amateurs, whose 

 des5cription of the river agreed with the favourable one 

 given by Captain Mimdy, 



After crossing the bar, in wliich they found little more 

 tlian two feet water, they got immediately into fresh 



